Pan-rest for ovens



G., P. FILLEY 8v E. BOILEAU. Pan-Rest for Ovens.

Patented June 8, 1880.

wIhvITED STATES 'PATENT' OFFICE.

GILES F. FILLEY AND ETIENNE BOILEAU, OF ST.` LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PAN-REST FOR OVENS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,620, dated June 8, 1880.

Application led February 6, 1878.

To all 'whomz't may concern:

Be it known that we, GILEs F. FILLEY and ETIENNE BOILEAU, both of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pan- Rests or Movable Oven-Slides for Ovens of Cooking-Stoves and Ranges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

Our improvement consists, first, in an openwork frame or pan-rest/attached to the door by an arm, so 'that the shelf may be moved outward and inward in a straight lline, and also sliding` on and attached at the bottom to wheels or rollers acting as a support to the pan-rest, and enabling it to be drawn in or out of the oven with facility.

The improvement also consists in connecting the movable pan-rest to the door of the oven upon either side that may be desired, so that the pan-rest is drawn outward by the opening of the door and pushed inward by the closing of the door.

rlhe improvement also consists in providing the oven-doors with a smaller door, disconnected from the pan-rest, which may be opened to view the article that is cooking without moving the pan-rest.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stove, showing the pan-rest connectedto the door and in its outer position. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the stove, showing the pan-rest in top View in its inner position. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective, showing a supporting and guiding roller.

A is the oven-bottom, and B B are the end plates of the oven. The pan-rest consists of an open-work frame, C, which allows the heat and heated air to circulate freely around a pan or any article of food to be cooked thereon. The frame or pan-rest O is supported on wheels or rollers D, located so far from the sides of 'the Vpan-rest thatwhen the rest is drawn out to the fullest extent the wheels will still rest on the bottom oven-plate, A. E E are lugs, of which there is one projecting midway from each of the end plates, B B, of the oven. These lugs project over the end bars, c c', of the frame C. The lugs E prevent the slot, c3, of the pan-rest.

tipping of the pan-rest upon the wheels D 'D when drawn outward.

Vhen the pan-rest C is connected to the oven-door G, as shown in Figs. l and 2, this connection is made by an arm, Gr, extending from the oven-door Gr. i

In our preferred construction the arm G has a stud, G2, and such stud works in a curved The end of the arm G is connected, by a rod or bar, H, to a' pin, I, projecting downward from the inner side of the pan-rest. The pan-rest is rounded ofi" at the outer corners to avoid the door when the rest is moved outward or inward. The arm G' is fixed to the door Gr by bolts, as shown, passing through lugs projecting from the inner face of the door, so that the said arm may be removed and placed on the oven-door at the other side of the stove, to draw the panrest out at that side if the position of the stove in the room may make the change de sirable.

In this form the shelf, in addition to the bearing-wheels D, may be provided with guidewheels D', that have bearing against the end plates, B, of the oven, to ease the movement of the pan-rest by avoidance of friction.

y'Ihe stud Gr2 and slots c3 may be dispensed with when the rod H and stud I are used.

J is a smaller door, hinged to the larger door Gr above the arm G', so that said smaller door can be opened to allow a view to be had of the inside of the oven without moving the pan-rest. This door is shown in Fig. l. The lugs for limiting the outward movement of the pan-rest are shown projecting downward from frame O and upward from the oven-bottom A, respectively, the latter being marked E', and the position of the former being shown in dotted lines at c4, Fig. 2.

We are aware that it is not new to attach a perforated shelf' to the oven-door, so that in opening the door the shelf shall move outward in the arc of a circle. Such we do not claim; but

What we do claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of a stove-oven door, a sliding shelf within the oven, and a means of connection between the two, whereby the IOO shelf is moved in a straight line in a horizon tal plane into or out ot' the oven on Closing or opening the door.

2. The combination of shelf C, sliding' inward and outward upon the oven-bottom, door G, and arm G', extending` from the door and connected to the shelf, substantially as set forth. v

3. The sliding` shelf provided with Wheels D and D', substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of oven-door G, l.mn G', and pan-rest frame C, provided with guideslots o3, Substantially as set forth. l

5. The combination of the pan-rest C, arm

G', main door G, and small door J, diseon- I5 neeted from the pan-rest, all arranged substantizilly as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination of :L stove-oven door, a. sliding shelt` Within an oven having the corner adjacent to the hinges rounded, and means of 2o connection between the two, whereby the shelf is moved horizontally into and ont of the oven on closing or opening the door.

GILES F. FILLEY. E. BOILEAU. In presence of SAML. KNIGHT,

C. H. FILLEY. 

